Dr. Renu Bala, born in 1982 at Amritsar, completed her graduation from Khalsa College for Women, Amritsar and Post-graduation and Ph.D. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor in PCMSD College for Women, Jalandhar, Punjab. Her research focus has been on the society of the late 18th and early 19th century in Punjab. She has published more than a dozen research papers on this subject.